Civil Engineering July 2021 | Vol 29 No 6

Civil Engineering July 2021 9 QU I Z Know Your Sector Competition Stand a chance to win R10 000 in cash! In this month’s edition of Civil Engineering we are continuing our Fun Quiz to promote knowledge of our industry service providers. Simply click on the adverts (or the logos) of the participating companies to access their websites, and then search for the answers to the following questions: Q1: VNA Consulting What is IDMS+? Q2: George Bourne & Associates Consulting Engineers In what year was GBA founded? Q3: University of Pretoria Who was the first head of department of the Department of Engineering and Technology Management? Q4: JG Afrika What are some of the services JG Afrika offers? Q5: University of the Witwatersrand How many postgraduate programmes does the School of Construction Economics and Management offer? Q6: TRM Piling For how long has Tiroler Rohre GmbH (TRM) been producing ductile driven piles? Q7: Reinforced Earth Is the following statement true or false: Our design input is WITHOUT COST or COMMITMENT – because our design costs are included in the supply of RE materials. Q8: Rocbolt Technologies GEWI® and DYWIDAG® are registered trademarks of Rocbolt Technologies and a joint venture between DSI Underground and Jennmar. What is the difference in the minimum ultimate load of a 32 mm DYWIDAG® 950 bar to that of a GEWI® 500 25 mm bar? Q9: Sizabantu Piping Systems Sizabantu Piping Systems and Molecor recently launched a new PVC pipe. What is the new size? Q10: Pile Dynamics Which three PDI products can be used on auger cast-in-place (ACIP) piles? Q11: AfriSam Complete the sentence: HEART. SOUL. QUALITY CEMENT ______________. Q12: PERI Formwork Scaffolding Engineering Which two superb solutions has PERI provided on the African continent? TO ENTER: Scan or click on the QR code to submit your answers (submissions, one per reader, will be collected until 31 August 2021 , whereafter the winner will be announced from a random draw). PS: Advertisers who wish to capitalise on the reader attention here by including their marketing messages into our monthly Fun Quiz should please contact Barbara Spence (barbara@avenue.co.za / 011 463 7940 / 082 881 3454). N eo Mosholi felt like he was dreaming upon receiving the news that he was our eleventh Know Your Sector Competition winner. “I think I must have read the email over ten times just to make sure that I wasn’t dreaming. I have never had any luck in winning such competitions,” he said. Neo, who holds a BSc in Civil Engineering from the University of the Witwatersrand, has a keen interest in structural engineering and project management. He has always felt a strong desire for designing and creating infrastructure and has a drive to build stronger communities and improve the quality of life of citizens through infrastructure. Neo is also a big soccer fan and enjoys watching sports, reading, spending time with loved ones and listening to jazz music. Currently unemployed, Neo would like to use his R10 000 prize money to do something nice for his parents and sister to show thanks for the incredible support they have given him over the past year.  Celebrating our eleventh Know Your Sector Competition winner!